Cuesta Park Neighborhood Association
CERT Team and Block Volunteer Practice Drill Briefing
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 for drill on Saturday, May 5, 2007
7:30 to 9:00 at Bubb School Multi-Purpose Room
1. Welcome & Introductions Eric - 3 min
2. Reminder to BVs to finish their Block Surveys. (Safety Flyers available) Eric - 2 min
3. Explain Drill plan and role that Block Volunteers and non-medical BVs and Team Members will play. Eric - 5 min
4. Sarah Perez will cover: "Triage Procedures", "Triage Flowchart" and "Victim Assessment". Sarah - 45 min (or less)
5. Use a "victim" to demonstrate critical steps. (Volunteer from audience) (included in 45 min)
6. Explain how the Command Post will conduct 5/5 drill, assemble teams and what they are to do. Rick - 10 min
7. Get names of people who are now willing to participate or observe on a team - tell them where to assemble on the 5th. Also get names of people who do not want to be on teams who can get scripts to radio in during the drill. Rick - 5 min
8. Possibly have PGE person demonstrate turning off Gas Meter. Cynthia (or PGE or Lynn Brown?) - 10 min
9. Remind teams how to mark their "X". Eric - 5 min
10. Handle other Q&A.- Comment from Lynn Brown if present. Eric - 5 min
Saturday May 5th Drill
10:00 am - Radio Control will open at the Command Post (CP)
10:00 am - Block Volunteers willing to serve on Teams report to "Mushroom Tables" in Bubb Park and report in to the CP when they get there. Be sure to state you are at Bubb so the Map Recorder can put you in the correct place on the Map.
CP team will operate normally, except that a few BVs will be calling in incidents for the neighborhood rather than having BVs walking blocks. These incidents will include the sites which the teams will visit.
Once a site needing a team is called in, the CP will assign a Team Leader and team members and radio instructions to the team.
The team will proceed to it's assigned site and conduct a search, triage and possibly "treat" the victims, then report their results to the CP. The team will then be assigned to the next site needing a team. It is intended that a team will stay together for up to 4 site visits.
When a team has visited all available sites, it will be recalled to the Command Post.
11:30 am - All teams will be recalled to the CP for a debriefing session (and maybe some goodies!)
12:00 noon. Drill Finished.